A nurse, instructing parents of a hospitalized preschool child, explains that which is descriptive of the preschooler's understanding of time?

A) Has no understanding of time
B) Associates time with events
C) Can tell time on a clock
D) Uses terms like "yesterday" appropriately

In a preschooler's understanding, time has a relation with events such as "We'll go outside after lunch." Preschoolers develop an abstract sense of time at age 3 years. Children can tell time on a clock at age 7 years. Children do not fully understand use of time-oriented words until age 6 years.